OAKLAND — Two men were shot to death Thursday night in East Oakland in what police said were unrelated attacks.

At about 7:30 p.m. Leslie T. Slater, 33, who had addresses in both Oakland and Hayward, was shot in a parking lot of a business mall in the 1400 block of High Street. He was taken to Highland Hospital where he died at 10:06 p.m.

Homicide Sgt. Rick Andreotti said, according to beat officers, Slater was “a regular in the area” who sold CDs in the lot.

Andreotti said Slater may have been the victim of an attempted robbery, but it has not been determined if anything was taken from him.

At 11:08 p.m. Larry Baker, 28, of Alameda, was found suffering from gunshot wounds inside a car parked in the 9500 block of Birch Street.

Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene at 11:32 p.m. Police are not sure what Baker was doing in the neighborhood and have no motive or suspects.

Andreotti said there is no evidence that would indicate the two killings are linked.

The deaths brought the city’s homicide count for the year to 75. Last year at this time there were 40.

Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $10,000 in reward money in each case for information leading to the arrests of the killers. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 238-3821 or Crime Stoppers at 238-6946.

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